gossipish
English
Etymology
From gossip + -ish.
Adjective
gossipish (comparative more gossipish, superlative most gossipish)
- Relating to or characteristic of gossip
- 1853, The National Magazine, page 474:
- It is full of good sense, notwithstanding a strong gossipish proclivity, which leads the lady (we suppose, of course) to treat the intercourses of private life with unusual freedom—unusual at least among any other than our own pen-and-ink sketchers.
- 1924, American Printer and Lithographer, volume 78:
- I vanquish a helpful egg and forthwith make divers gossipish visits about the city.
- 2018, Jo Applin, Lee Lozano: Not Working:
- She also invited Marcia Tucker to participate in Dialogue Piece, during which the two women had what Lozano later described as an 'intense if somewhat gossipish' conversation.
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